Garment-tag seal.



W. M. BROOKS.

GARMENT TAG SEAL.

APPLICATION FILED MAYI4. m5.

1 1 52,1 Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

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w. M. BROOKS. GARMENT TAG SEAL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, I915.

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1 1 52, 1 42. Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

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WINFRRD'MUDGR RROOKs, or EAST ORANGE, New JERSEY, ASSIGNOR '10 R. :r. BROOKS I a 00., on NEW YO K, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF EW YORK.

GARMENT-TAG- SEAL.

To all whom it may concern a Be it known that .I, WINF RD MUDGE BROOKs, a citizen ofthe United States of America, and a resident of EastOrange, 1n the State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Garment- Tag Seals, of which the following a specification. I k

The object of this invention is to provide a simpleinexpensive and effective means for attaching price and identification tags to garments, etc., so that removal of same Wlll be impossible without detection.

, The inventionconsists in a simple wire fastener adapted to attach the tag to the garment, capable of being easily applied and efifectively sealed without tools, secure against accidental ,unsealing and so constructed that any attempt to unseal or remove must result in destroying the fastener.

Two sheets of drawings accompany this specification as part thereof, in. which like reference characters denote like parts throughout.

Figures 1 and 2 show an outer-guard type of the device sealed and unsealed respectively, Fig. 3 shows a side view of a type having a seal-withdrawal-preventing feature, sealed, side views ofthesame type unsealed being shown in Figs. 4: and 5 and a modification Of the same .with flattened embossed portionsbeing shown in Fig. 6; Fig. 7 shows an inner-guard type sealed, side view, the same seal being shown unsealed in front and back views in Figs. 8 and 9 respectively and an end view sealed in Fig. 10; Figs. 11 and 13 show side views of another type of inner-guard seal, sealed and unsealed respectively and an end view of the same type sealed is shown in Fig. 12; Figs. 14 and 16 show side and top views re spectively of another type of inner-guard seal, sealed while a side view of the same unsealed is shown in Fig. 15; Fig. 17 shows the fractured seal parts of the improved tagseal as effected by any attempt to tamper with the device after sealing.

Referring to the drawings, a in each ofthe figures indicatesthe fastener or main loop, 6

represents the seal core, so. designated as being the part about which the sealing coil is wound and limited to that fpart of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 31, 1915..

Application filed ma -14,1915 seriaiit aaoca r wire within the coil, d indicates the sealing shank proy ded with a plurality of trans verse cut nlcks bin its side,-0 in Figs. 1. and

2 0 in Figs. 7, 8, 9and 10 and 0 in Figs.

11, 12,13,11f15 and 16 represent guards consisting of a loop or bend of the wire perpendicular tothe main or fastening loop and adapted to protectithe sealing shank d from accidental disturbance; in Figs. 1 and 2, f in Figs. 3, 41,5 and 6 and f. in the remaining figures indicate means for preventing the withdrawal of the seal core 6 from the sealing coil 6'. The form f Fig. 1 shows the utilization of the guard o for the purpose; 7

form f Figs. 8 4: and 5 utilizes the extremity of the seal core end of the loop which is provided with transverse nicks b in Fig. 5 on the outer side of thesealcore similar to the cut notches in the sealing shank and in Operation is bent back over the sealing coil as hereinafter more fully set forth; form f in the remaining figures consists in flattening and broadening the extremity of the sealcore end of'the loop as shown.

9. throughout represents the garment tag to be attached.

i m and 7?. indicate flattened and, embossed portions of the loop for purposes of identification. t i I, As the fastener-seal leaves the factory it consists essentially of a loop Of suitable wire the ends of which cross each other at approximately right angles. One of the ends 0! called the sealing shank is provided on one side adjacent to theother or seal core end 6 at the approximate point of crossing with a plurality Of transverse cut notches b and is adapted to be coiled about said seal core forming a locking and sealing coil having the said transverse cut notches on its inner side and fitting snugly about said seal core. The outer'end of the seal core is provided with withdrawahpreventing means 7, f or f as hereinbefore set forth which cooperate with the seal coil to produce an effective fastening. The seal core end of the loop is further provided with a small hook or loop perpendicular to the main or fastening loop and adapted to serve as a catch and guard for the sealing shank after the sealing Operation protecting it against accidental disturbance. This guard may be on the outer endof the seal core as shown at cFig.1 oron the inner side ofthe seal core as shown at 0 Fig. 7 or 0 in Fig. 11.

In operation-the tag isstrung on the loop amid the fastener is then hooked through abuttonhole or'the cloth of the garment.

The sealing shank d is then bent toward the notches b and around the seal core 6 adjacent thereto forming a snug coil with the cut notches innermost. Upon the comple tion of the coil the sealing shank is snapped overthe guard Q, of or 0 as the case'may be. With-the typeof seal" shown in ig. 3 the'end ofthe' seal core is then bent toward its notches back cover the sealing coil thus forming 'an effective sealed withdrawalprev t s P' r A a t p t rismov by unbending 'oriincoiling the loop results 1n fracturingthesame at one of the transverse notches as shown in Fig. '17 g Portions of the lo'op'may be flattened and suitably {embossed as indicated by m and n in Figs. 4 and 5, and the seals may be serially numbered if desired to prevent substitution; Other modifications will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art,

Having thus fully described myinvention,

I cla'1'm:'- f I I v i V t 1; A garment tag seal having. in comb1na tion a loopfof suitable wire, a seal core portion integral with one "end thereof, a sealing shank integral with the other end and crossing said seal] core at approximately right angles, transverse cu't notches in the side ofthe sealing "shank adjacentto and facing the seal core, "said sealing shank being adapted to be coiled around "said seal core bringing said notches on the inner side of the sealing coihthus formed, means for preventing the withdrawal of said sealing coil from said sealcoreand a guard element for protecting said sealing shank from vaccidental unbending aftersealing.

2. garment tag seal having in combination a'loop ofsuitable wire, a seal core portion integral with one -end thereof, a sealing shank integral withthe other end and V crossing *said' seal 'f'c ore' at approximately right angles,

nation aloop of suitablewi're, a "seal core portion integral with 'one end thereof, a

sealing shank integral with the other end and crossing said seal core at approximately right. angles, transverse cut notches in the side of the sealingshank adjacent to and facing the; seal core, said sealing shank being adapted to be coiled around said seal is core bringing said notches on the inner side stituting one -extremity of the loop wire adapted to prevent the withdrawal of the sealing coil therefrom, and a guard element for protecting the sealing coil from accidental u'nbending aft-er sealing.

' 4. A garment tag seal having in combination a loop o'ffsuitable wire, tion integral with one end thereof, a sealing shank integral with the other end and crossing said seal core atrapproximately' right angles, transverse out notches in the side of said sealing shank adjacent to and facing the seal core, said sealing shank being adapted to be coiled around said seal core bringing said notcheson the inner side of the sealing coil thus formed, a continuation of tegral therewith terminating in a catch perpendicular to the plane of the seal loop, said continuation and catch being adapted to prevent withdrawal ofthe sealing coil from the seal core and to protect the sealing shank from accidental unbending when snapped over said catchafter sealing.

5. A- garment tag seal having combination, a loop of suitable wire, a seal core portion integral with one end thereof a sealing shank integral with the other end and cross mg sald seal core at approximately "right angles,-transverse cut notches in the side of said sealing shank adjacent toand facing Said- 882i core, said I sealing shank being adapted to be coiled around said-seal core bringing said notchescn the inner side of the sealing coil thus formed, a small loop perpendicular to the main seal loop and rinte ral therewith, suitably located between the seal core and the sealing shank adapted to engage the end ofsaid shank after sealing and protect same from accidental unbendmg, and a flattened and broadened portion .a seal core porthe seal-core at right angles thereto and i11 adjacent to and integral with the outer end i of the seal core to sealing coil.

6. A garment ftag seal having in combinaacne loop of suitable wire, a seal core portion integral with one'end thereof, a sealing shank integral with the other end and crossing said seal core at approximately right angles, transverse cut notches in the side of said sealing shank adjacent to and facing said seal core, said sealing shank being adapted to be coiled around s'aid seal core bringing said notches on the inner side prevent withdrawal of the of the sealing coil thus formed, a small 100p Withdrawal of the sealing coil from the seal perpendiizular to tllae main geal 100p and core. 7 tegral t erewith ocated etWeen t e sea core and the sealing shank adapted to en- WINFRED MUDGE BROOKS 5 gage the end of the sealing shank after seal- Witnesses:

ing and protect same from accidental un- ROSSLYNIJAMOUNEAN, bending, and means for preventing the MORRIS MICHELSON.

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Washington, D. 0. 

